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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
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TITLE:
Eighteenth Street Bridge, Saint Louis, St. Louis City County, MO
CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO,96-SALU,76-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 37 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 7 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
American Bridge Company
NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-10
Building/structure dates: 1910 initial construction
Significance: The Eighteenth Street Bridge is a 1,054-foot-long through-truss and through-plate girder structure with distinctive ornamentation over each truss portal in the form of finials and cresting, and perforated trefoils in the bridge's spandrels. Punched holes in the cresting over the top of each portal spell out the words "Eighteenth Street."
SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--St. Louis City County--Saint Louis
commerce
civil engineering
transportation
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.mo0451
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. East Side of North Approach Roadway. View to Southwest.
2. View to Southwest of Through Plate Girder Spans (North Approach).
3. View to Southwest of Masonry Piers supporting Through Plate Girder Spans (North Approach).
4. View to North of Masonry Piers beneath Through Plate Girder Spans (North Approach).
5. Through Truss Span. View to Southwest.
6. Through Truss Span. View to Southeast.
7. Through Truss Span. View to East.
8. Through Truss Span. View to West.
9. View to North of Masonry and Stone Piers beneath Through Plate Girder Spans (North Appoach).
10. View to South of Masonry Piers beneath Through Plate Girder Spans (North Approach).
11. Pier No, 6. View to Northeast.
12. Through Truss Span. View to Northwest.
13. Through Truss Span. View to Northwest.
14. Through Plate Girder and Through Truss Spans. View to North from East Side.
15. Railing along East Side of South Approach Roadway. View to North.
16. South Portal of Through Truss Span (Through Plate Girders in Mid- and Foreground). View to North.
17. View to North of South Portal of Through Truss.
18. View to North of South Portal of Through Truss.
19. Cresting Above South Portal.
20. Detail of Finial, Cresting, and Perforated Trefoils Above North Portal.
21. View to South of North Portal of Through Truss.
22. View to South of North Portal of Through Truss.
23. Photocopy of General Plan (1911) Sheet 1
24. Photocopy of General Plan (1906) Sheet 2
25. Photocopy of General Plan (1910) Sheet 3
26. Photocopy of Pier 5 Plan (1910) Sheet 11
27. Photocopy of Details of Reinforced Concrete Top (1907) Sheet 12
28. Photocopy of Pier 8 Plan (1909) Sheet 17
29. Photocopy of Intersection of Eighteenth Street and Clark Avenue and Approaches - Stonework of North Approach of Eighteenth Street Bridge (1909) Sheet 25
30. Photocopy of Cross Sections of North Approach (Date Unknown) Sheet 26
31. Photocopy of Details of Steel, Span 3-4 (1906) Sheet 33
32. Photocopy of General Plan of Main Span (1906) Sheet 35
33. Photocopy of Details for Span 4-5 (1907) Sheet 36
34. Photocopy of Portal View of Main Span (1906) Sheet 37
35. Photocopy of Details of Floor Beams and Floor for Main Span (1906) Sheet 38
36. Photocopy of Sections of Main Span (Date Unknown) Sheet 40
37. Photocopy of Details of Floor Beams and Floor for 4-Panel Plate Girder Spans (1906) Sheet 48
CONTROL #:
MO0451
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